The Wessex League began in 1986. Its clubs
were drawn mainly from the Hampshire League,
with three others making up the initial 17-club
membership. The numbers playing in the single
section competition varied during the period
covered below and it was only in 1994 that
the membership total remained the same between
one season and the next. There were many
comings and goings during these years and,
in the interests of saving a bit of space,
codes have been used to try and track the
changes. The codes are as follows: (L) =
left the Wessex League, (S) = moved to the
Southern League, (N) = new entrant, (M and
M*) = merger, (NC and NC*) = name change.

Bashley were league champions for the first
three seasons, after which the club joined
the Southern League. In the next seven seasons,
the champion club was different every season,
although Wimborne Town secured two titles
– in 1992 and 1994. The other football
point to note concerns Sholing Sports, who
began the 1993-1994 campaign, played one
game and then resigned because of ground
problems. Fortunately for Sholing, the club’s
fortunes have improved since that time.

Thanks go to Paul Stone for supplying the vast majority of
information below.

1986-1987

1. Bashley 32
24 3 5 71
30 75

2. Road Sea Southampton (L) 32
22 7 3 70
26 73

3. AFC Totton 32
20 7 5 62
21 67

4. Newport (Isle of Wight) 32
15 8 9 51
36 53

5. Havant Town 32
15 7 10 57
48 52

6. Thatcham Town 32
15 6 11 53
33 51

7. Wellworthy Athletic 32
14 6 12 48
50 48

8. Eastleigh 32
14 6 12 40
42 48

9. Sholing Sports 32
10 8 14 41
45 38

10. Lymington 32
10 8 14 31
37 38

11. Steyning Town (-1)
32 10 8 14
45 47 37

12. Portals Athletic (L)
32 9 9 14 37
46 36

13. Portsmouth Royal Navy 32
11 2 19 43
58 35

14. Horndean 32
8 8 16 42
55 32

15. Bournemouth 32
7 9 16 33
59 30

16. Romsey Town 32
7 7 18 25
61 28

17. Brockenhurst 32
4 5 23 34
89 17

(544 215 114 215 783 783 758)

1987-1988

1. Bashley 36
26 6 4 91
26 84

2. Havant Town 36
24 8 4 91
31 80

3. Romsey Town 36
22 3 11 69
46 69

4. Newport (Isle of Wight)
36 19 8 9
71 37 65

5. Christchurch (N)
36 17 11 8
50 40 62

6. Wimborne Town (N)
36 17 8 11
68 53 59

7. Sholing Sports 36
15 12 9 50
45 57

8. AFC Totton 36
16 8 12 52
37 56

9. East Cowes Victoria Athletic (N)
36 15 10 11 49 32
55

10. Bournemouth 36
14 8 14 55
38 50

11. Thatcham Town 36
14 7 15 50
53 49

12. Eastleigh 36
13 8 15 36
39 47

13. Folland Sports (N)
36 13 7 16
42 48 46

14. Horndean 36
12 9 15 52
58 45

15. Wellworthy Athletic (M) 36
12 8 16 46
53 44

16. Portsmouth Royal Navy 36
11 4 21 39
72 37

17. Steyning Town (L) 36
6 8 22 24
81 26

18. Brockenhurst 36
2 8 26 23
93 14

19. Lymington (M)
36 0
7 29 27 103 7

(684 268 148 268 985 985 952)

1988-1989

1. Bashley (S) 32
26 4 2 87
24 82

2. Havant Town 32
21 8 3 67
26 71

3. Newport (Isle of Wight) 32
20 6 6 67
32 66

4. Thatcham Town
32 17 7 8
60 26 58

5. AFC Lymington (M*)
32 16 9 7
51 32 57

6. Wimborne Town 32
14 6 12 59
55 48

7. Romsey Town 32
9 16 7 47
39 43

8. East Cowes Victoria Athletic
32 11 8
13 44 48 41

9. Eastleigh 32
10 10 12 39 34
40

10. Folland Sports 32
10 10 12 46 42
40

11. Horndean 32
11 5 16 45
70 38

12. Bournemouth 32
10 6 16 49
64 36

13. Christchurch 32
9 7 16 40
71 34

14. AFC Totton 32
8 9 15 39
58 33

15. Sholing Sports 32
6 6 20 29
65 24

16. Brockenhurst 32
3 11 18 17
52 20

17. Portsmouth Royal Navy 32
5 4 23 25
73 19

(544 206 132 206 811 811 750)

1989-1990

1. Romsey Town 36
25 6 5 84
31 81

2. Newport (Isle of Wight) (S) 36
24 7 5 82
29 79

3. B.A.T. Sports (N) 36
21 7 8 74
35 70

4. Wimborne Town 36
20 8 8 83
48 68

5. AFC Lymington 36
19 8 9 68
44 65

6. AFC Totton 36
17 8 11 58
45 59

7. Thatcham Town 36
15 12 9 56
45 57

8. Bemerton Heath Harlequins (N) 36
16 8 12 61
47 56

9. Sholing Sports 36
16 8 12 57
51 56

10. Bournemouth 36
15 9 12 69
70 54

11. Havant Town 36
13 8 15 49
50 47

12. Folland Sports (NC) 36
13 6 17 42
47 45

13. East Cowes Victoria Athletic 36
11 10 15 47 54
43

14. Eastleigh 36
10 11 15 60 66
41

15. Christchurch 36
10 9 17 47
59 39

16. Horndean 36
10 6 20 56
75 36

17. Brockenhurst 36
5 8 23 35
98 23

18. Fleet Town (N) 36
5 5 26 22
86 20

19. Portsmouth Royal Navy 36
4 2 30 38
108 14

(684 269 146 269 1088 1088 953)

1990-1991

1. Havant Town (S) 38
24 8 6 76
30 80

2. Swanage Town & Herston (N)
38 24
6 8 88 41
78

3. Bournemouth 38
24 4 10 69
33 76

4. Romsey Town 38
20 11 7 59
35 71

5. Wimborne Town
38 22 4 12
80 45 70

6. Thatcham Town 38
19 11 8 68
32 68

7. Brockenhurst 38
17 8 13 56
51 59

8. B.A.T. Sports 38
16 10 12 54 48
58

9. AFC Lymington 38
16 9 13 60
50 57

10. Fleet Town 38
17 6 15 64
57 57

11. Ryde Sports (N) 38
17 6 15 62
55 57

12. Eastleigh 38
13 8 17 40
62 47

13. East Cowes Victoria Athletic
38 12 10 16
45 52 46

14. AFC Totton 38
13 6 19 54
70 45

15. Christchurch 38
11 10 17 37 55
43

16. Aerostructures Sp. & Soc. (NC*)
38 11 6 21
32 62 39

17. Portsmouth Royal Navy 38
10 5 23 51
102 35

18. Bemerton Heath Harlequins 38
7 11 20 42
59 32

19. Sholing Sports 38
6 8 24 39
84 26

20. Horndean 38
5 5 28 39
92 20

(760 304 152 304 1115 1115 1064)

1991-1992

1. Wimborne Town 36
25 5 6 82
37 80

2. AFC Lymington 36
23 5 8 73
39 74

3. Thatcham Town 36
22 4 10 85
45 70

4. Romsey Town 36
21 6 9 72
42 69

5. Swanage Town & Herston 36
20 7 9 78
38 67

6. Bournemouth 36
20 6 10 73
48 66

7. Ryde Sports 36
18 8 10 61
51 62

8. Bemerton Heath Harlequins 36
17 10 9 51
38 63

9. Aerostructures Sports & Social
36 18 5 13
59 40 59

10. Eastleigh 36
18 4 14 61
53 58

11. Fleet Town 36
13 10 13 59 55
49

12. Brockenhurst 36
12 9 15 47
52 45

13. Christchurch 36
9 11 16 39
54 38

14. East Cowes Victoria Athletic 36
9 9 18 36
72 36

15. Sholing Sports 36
9 7 20 43
81 34

16. B.A.T. Sports 36
9 4 23 41
57 31

17. AFC Totton 36
7 8 21 43
71 29

18. Horndean 36
5 3 28 33 109
18

19. Portsmouth Royal Navy 36
4 5 27 30 84
17

(684 279 126 279 1066 1066 965)

1992-1993

1. AFC Lymington 40
30 7 3 111
27 97

2. Wimborne Town 40
30 5 5 101
27 95

3. Bemerton Heath Harlequins 40
27 7 6 77
33 88

4. Thatcham Town 40
24 10 6 104 45
82

5. Gosport Borough (N) 40
20 12 8 83
48 72

6. Ryde Sports 40
21 4 15 79
61 67

7. Bournemouth 40
18 11 11 83 58
65

8. Fleet Town 40
17 10 13 79 51
61

9. Eastleigh 40
17 9 14 68
54 60

10. Brockenhurst 40
17 7 16 60
56 58

11. Horndean 40
15 9 16 63
66 54

12. Aerostructures Sports & Social
40 13 14 13
55 57 53

13. Christchurch 40
14 7 19 60
73 49

14. Swanage Town & Herston
40
11 11 18 65 78
44

15. Whitchurch United (N)
40 12 6 22 57
80 42

16. AFC Totton 40
12 6 22 56
82 42

17. Portsmouth Royal Navy 40
10 10 20 52 83
40

18. B.A.T. Sports 40
9 9 22 59
83 36

19. Sholing Sports 40
7 10 23 46
94 31

20. East Cowes Victoria Athletic 40
8 4 28 52
106 28

21. Romsey Town (L) 40
3 2 35 20
168 11

(840 335 170 335 1430 1430 1175)

1993-1994

1. Wimborne Town 42
34 5 3 126
41 107

2. Andover (N) 42
27 8 7 137
48 89

3. AFC Lymington 42
27 5 10 83
33 86

4. Thatcham Town
42 25 7 10
96 51 82

5. Gosport Borough 42
23 10 9 87
55 79

6. Fleet Town 42
21 9 12 82
48 72

7. Bemerton Heath Harlequins 42
19 11 12 72 56
68

8. Brockenhurst 42
17 12 13 70 64
63

9. B.A.T. Sports 42
17 10 15 66 66
61

10. Christchurch
42 15 13 14
55 58 58

11. Bournemouth 42
16 6 20 67
78 54

12. Ryde Sports 42
14 10 18 61 77
52

13. Portsmouth Royal Navy 42
13 10 19 59 78
49

14. East Cowes Victoria Athletic
42 14 7 21
78 114 49

15. Eastleigh 42
12 12 18 47 54
48

16. Downton (N)
42 12 10 20 59
82 46

17. Horndean 42
13 6 23 56
95 45

18. Petersfield Town (N)
42 11 7
24 64 96 40

19. Aerostructures Sports & Social
42 11 6 25
41 84 39

20. Swanage Town & Herston
42
10 7 25 53
89 37

21. AFC Totton 42
9 9 24 43
90 36

22. Whitchurch United (L) 42
11 2 29 51
96 35

(924 371 182 371 1553 1553 1295)

1994-1995

1. Fleet Town (S) 42
32 4 6 116
43 100

2. Bournemouth 42
31 5 6 109
33 98

3. Thatcham Town 42
29 9 4 104
44 96

4. Wimborne Town 42
22 14 6 102 52
80

5. Bemerton Heath Harlequins 42
24 8 10 75
48 80

6. Brockenhurst 42
24 4 14 87
59 76

7. Andover 42
23 5 14 122 69
74

8. AFC Lymington
42 17 10 15
85 67 61

9. AFC Totton 42
18 6 18 69
70 60

10. Gosport Borough 42
17 6 19 83
66 57

11. Portsmouth Royal Navy 42
16 8 18 65
64 56

12. Ryde Sports 42
16 6 20 81
88 54

13. B.A.T. Sports 42
15 8 19 62
82 53

14. Eastleigh 42
14 9 19 66
73 51

15. Cowes Sports (N) 42
14 8 20 61
87 50

16. East Cowes Victoria Athletic 42
13 10 19 65 72
49

17. Aerostructures Sports & Social
42 12 10 20
60 77 46

18. Christchurch 42
12 8 22 58
95 44

19. Swanage Town & Herston
42
11 6 25 49
112 39

20. Downton 42
7 11 24 45
86 32

21. Petersfield Town 42
7 5 30 56
161 26

22. Horndean (L) 42
6 4 32 49 121
22

(924 380 164 380 1669 1669 1304)

1995-1996

1. Thatcham Town 40
28 8 4 73
27 92

2. AFC Lymington 40
28 7 5 100
31 91

3. Ryde Sports 40
25 8 7 92
41 83

4. Eastleigh 40
21 13 6 83
50 76

5. Christchurch 40
21 8 11 66
49 71

6. Wimborne Town 40
20 6 14 85
61 66

7. Bournemouth 40
17 13 10 85 40
64

8. Bemerton Heath Harlequins 40
18 8 14 67
63 62

9. Andover 40
18 7 15 101 70
61

10. East Cowes Victoria Athletic 40
17 8 15 60
60 59

11. Gosport Borough 40
16 9 15 59
58 57

12. Downton 40
16 6 18 65
73 54

13. Whitchurch United (N)
40 12 13 15 66
76 49

14. AFC Totton 40
10 13 17 55 66
43

15. B.A.T. Sports 40
10 12 18 44 58
42

16. Cowes Sports 40
11 7 22 38
76 40

17. Portsmouth Royal Navy 40
10 8 22 52
84 38

18. Aerostructures Sports & Social
40 9 10 21
41 71 37

19. Brockenhurst 40
11 4 25 42
74 37

20. Petersfield Town 40
8 4 28 53
93 28

21. Swanage Town & Herston (L)
40 6 4 30 32
138 22

(840 332 176 332 1359 1359 1172)

1996-1997

1. AFC Lymington 40
35 5 0 112
22 110

2. Wimborne Town 40
26 7 7 97
42 85

3. Thatcham Town (-4) 40
26 5 9 91
45 79

4. Ryde Sports 40
25 4 11 77
50 79

5. Bemerton Heath Harlequins
40 23
9 8 69 45
78

6. Andover 40
19 12 9 80
42 69

7. Eastleigh 40
19 8 13 71
56 65

8. Downton 40
18 7 15 72
70 61

9. Cowes Sports 40
15 14 11 65 55
59

10. Portsmouth Royal Navy (-1) 40
16 4 20 65
79 51

11. Gosport Borough 40
15 5 20 56
66 50

12. Aerostructures Sports & Social
40 13 9 18
45 66 48

13. Bournemouth 40
14 5 21 50
72 47

14. Brockenhurst 40
13 7 20 54
73 46

15. Whitchurch United 40
12 7 21 58
81 43

16. Christchurch 40
13 4 23 49
72 43

17. East Cowes Victoria Athletic 40
10 7 23 53
72 37

18. Romsey Town 40
10 7 23 52
94 37

19. B.A.T. Sports 40
8 9 23 43
74 33

20. AFC Totton 40
8 8 24 54
87 32

21. Petersfield Town (L)
40 8 5 27 42
92 29

(840 346 148 346 1355 1355 1181)

1997-1998

1. AFC Lymington (M)
38 29 5 4
94 27 92

2. Andover (S)
38 24 9 5
99 46 81

3. AFC Newbury (N)
38 22 7 9
72 35 73

4. Eastleigh 38
20 11 7 74
31 71

5. Bemerton Heath Harlequins 38
19 11 8 69
38 68

6. Cowes Sports 38
20 6 12 67
51 66

7. Wimborne Town 38
18 9 11 89
63 63

8. AFC Totton 38
15 10 13 58 41
55

9. Bournemouth 38
16 7 15 64
68 55

10. Thatcham Town 38
16 6 16 64
54 54

11. Christchurch 38
15 6 17 55
69 51

12. East Cowes Victoria Athletic 38
13 11 14 46 42
50

13. Portsmouth Royal Navy 38
13 7 18 64
79 46

14. B.A.T. Sports 38
12 7 19 60
82 43

15. Gosport Borough 38
9 10 19 48
65 37

16. Aerostructures Sp. & Social
(NC) 38 9 10 19 50
77 37

17. Brockenhurst 38
9 9 20 43
83 36

18. Downton 38
7 10 21 36
66 31

19. Whitchurch United 38
7 8 23 37
78 29

20. Romsey Town (L) 38
5 5 28 40
134 20

7(60 298 164 298 1229 1229 1058)

Ryde Sports resigned after 17 games (from
which only two points were taken) and the
club’s record was deleted.

1998-1999

1. Lymington & New Milton (M*)
38 27
6 5 92 31
87

2. Thatcham Town 38
23 9 6 92
46 78

3. AFC Newbury 38
22 11 5 81
39 77

4. Eastleigh
38 22 8 8
69 43 74

5. Christchurch
38 22 7 9
72 53 73

6. Wimborne Town
38 18 14 6
81 34 68

7. Cowes Sports
38 19 8 11
77 54 65

8. Moneyfields (N)
38 17 8 13
69 62 59

9. AFC Totton
38 15 10 13 60
50 55

10. Bemerton Heath Harlequins 38
17 4 17 59
54 55

11. Brockenhurst
38 14 7 17
52 61 49

12. Bournemouth 38
12 10 16 46 63
46

13. Fareham Town (N)
38 11 12 15 58
67 45

14. Gosport Borough 38
11 11 16 66 71
44

15. B.A.T. Sports 38
10 13 15 55 65
43

16. East Cowes Victoria Athletic
38 10 4 24
48 103 34

17. Hamble A.S.S.C. (NC*)
38 6
9 23 37 68
27

18. Portsmouth Royal Navy 38
6 9 23 42
81 27

19. Whitchurch United 38
5 11 22 36
76 26

20. Downton 38
4 7 27 40
111 19

(760 291 178 291 1232 1232 1051)

1999-2000

1. Wimborne Town 40
32 4 4 126
33 100

2. Lymington & New Milton 40
31 7 2 115
27 100

3. Andover (N) 40
25 7 8 147
60 82

4. AFC Totton 40
24 8 8 93
30 80

5. B.A.T. Sports 40
24 8 8 88
48 80

6. Moneyfields 40
22 9 9 76
64 75

7. Eastleigh 40
20 8 12 67
46 68

8. AFC Newbury 40
17 12 11 67 51
63

9. Cowes Sports 40
17 11 12 73 55
62

10. Bemerton Heath Harlequins 40
17 9 14 75
66 60

11. Fareham Town 40
14 14 12 72 71
56

12. Christchurch 40
16 7 17 68
67 55

13. Thatcham Town 40
15 7 18 62
69 52

14. Gosport Borough 40
8 12 20 40
70 36

15. Downton 40
10 6 24 74
113 36

16. Hamble A.S.S.C.
40
7 11 22 44
89 32

17. Whitchurch United 40
7 10 23 53
89 31

18. Brockenhurst 40
7 7 26 43
114 28

19. Bournemouth (-2)
40 7 8 25
54 110 27

20. Portsmouth Royal Navy 40
5 10 25 47
114 25

21. East Cowes Victoria Athletic (L)
40 5 5 30 43
141 20

(840 330 180 330 1527 1527 1168)

2000-2001

1. Andover 44
37 5 2 153
33 116

2. Lymington & New Milton
44
34 6 4 106
29 108

3. Wimborne Town 44
28 9 7 111
52 93

4. Fleet Town (N) 44
29 3 12 91
56 90

5. AFC Totton 44
26 9 9 87
47 87

6. Thatcham Town 44
24 9 11 81
58 81

7. Eastleigh 44
23 10 11 87 48
79

8. Gosport Borough 44
23 8 13 74
44 77

9. Brockenhurst 44
23 7 14 93
72 76

10. Cowes Sports 44
22 4 18 80
70 70

11. Bemerton Heath Harlequins 44
15 9 20 63
70 54

12. AFC Newbury 44
15 8 21 71
78 53

13. B.A.T. Sports 44
14 10 20 52 75
52

14. Bournemouth 44
13 12 19 51 65
51

15. Fareham Town
44 12 10 22
48 74 46

16. Moneyfields 44
12 9 23 52
76 45

17. Christchurch 44
11 12 21 55 80
45

18. Hamble A.S.S.C.
44
10 14 20 39 70
44

19. Whitchurch United 44
8 13 23 37
72 37

20. Swanage Town & Herston (N)
44 11
4 29 52 123 37

21. Blackfield & Langley (N)
44 7 8 29
32 95 29

22. Downton 44
6 8 30 45
103 26

23. Portsmouth Royal Navy (L) 44
4 11 29 37
107 23

(1012 407 198 407 1597 1597 1419)

2001-2002

1. Andover 44
30 6 8 138
53 96

2. Fleet Town (-1) (S) 44
29 9 6 107
59 95

3. AFC Totton 44
29 7 8 104
50 94

4. Gosport Borough 44
26 11 7 101 41
89

5. Lymington & New Milton 44
26 6 12 94
47 84

6. Brockenhurst 44
27 2 15 99
57 83

7. AFC Newbury 44
22 12 10 87 51
78

8. Wimborne Town
44 21 14 9
82 53 77

9. Moneyfields 44
23 7 14 98
64 76

10. Fareham Town 44
21 13 10 72 54
76

11. Bemerton Heath Harlequins 44
18 11 15 103 84 65

12. Thatcham Town 44
19 8 17 94
77 65

13. Eastleigh 44
18 9 17 91
71 63

14. Portland United (N) 44
17 8 19 81
66 59

15. Christchurch 44
16 7 21 61
80 55

16. Cowes Sports 44
15 9 20 66
73 54

17. Blackfield & Langley 44
16 5 23 82
121 53

18. Bournemouth 44
14 7 23 61
84 49

19. B.A.T. Sports
44 13 8 23 46
67 47

20. Whitchurch United 44
5 5 34 27
116 20

21. Downton 44
5 4 35 42
139 19

22. Hamble A.S.S.C. 44
4 4 36 33
119 16

23. Swanage Town & Herston (L)
44 3
6 35 31 174 15

(1012 417 178 417 1800 1800 1428)

2000-2003

1. Eastleigh (S) 42
32 7 3 115
32 103

2. Gosport Borough 42
27 7 8 94
43 88

3. AFC Totton
42 27 6 9
96 47 87

4. Wimborne Town 42
26 7 9 113
44 85

5. Fareham Town 42
22 10 10 78 47
76

6. Lymington & New Milton 42
22 8 12 89
56 74

7. Andover 42
22 7 13 95
63 73

8. Portland United 42
20 8 14 81
62 68

9. Thatcham Town 42
18 13 11 68 58
67

10. Moneyfields 42
18 6 18 73
68 60

11. B.A.T. Sports 42
18 6 18 57
65 60

12. AFC Newbury 42
17 6 19 77
72 57

13. Christchurch 42
15 10 17 58 68
55

14. Bournemouth 42
15 9 18 57
67 54

15. Cowes Sports 42
13 13 16 57 55
52

16. Hamble A.S.S.C.
42 13 12 17
58 60 51

17. Alton Town (N)
42 14 9 19
71 80 51

18. Bemerton Heath Harlequins 42
13 5 24 59
83 44

19. Downton 42
10 7 25 41
105 37

20. Brockenhurst
42 7 6
29 50 116 27

21. Blackfield & Langley 42
4 6 32 37
134 18

22. Whitchurch United 42
3 4 35 25
124 13

(924 376 172 376 1549 1549 1300)

2003-2004

1. Winchester City (N) 42
35 3 4 151
35 108

2. Wimborne Town 42
31 6 5 105
45 99

3. Gosport Borough 42
29 5 8 96
40 92

4. Lymington & New Milton 42
29 3 10 98
38 90

5. AFC Newbury 42
26 4 12 94
53 82

6. Andover 42
25 4 13 100 65
79

7. Fareham Town 42
24 6 12 71
38 78

8. AFC Totton 42
18 10 14 76 55
64

9. Brockenhurst 42
19 7 16 49
74 64

10. Thatcham Town 42
16 10 16 70 72
58

11. Christchurch 42
17 6 19 63
62 57

12. Bemerton Heath Harlequins 42
16 7 19 78
79 55

13. Hamble A.S.S.C. 42
16 7 19 51
76 55

14. Cowes Sports 42
15 8 19 51
59 53

15. B.A.T. Sports 42
13 7 22 57
68 46

16. Portland United 42
14 4 24 58
86 46

17. Moneyfields 42
11 8 23 51
83 41

18. Alton Town 42
12 2 28 55
110 38

19. Downton 42
8 7 27 43
106 31

20. Bournemouth 42
8 6 28 41
86 30

21. Blackfield & Langley 42
7 7 28 51
99 28

22. Whitchurch United 42
7 5 30 37 117
26

(924 396 132 396 1546 1546 1320)

The Wessex League’s structure changed
substantially at the end of the season and
two sections were added. The existing section
became Division 1, with the lower tiers being
known as Divisions 2 and 3. Most of the clubs
joining the Wessex League came from the Hampshire
League, which was effectively absorbed by
the senior competition, though a new ‘Hampshire
League’ was set up. The new second
level of the Wessex League for 2004-2005
was to consist of 19 ex-Hampshire League
clubs, Shaftesbury and the bottom two clubs
from the Wessex League 2003-04 – Blackfield
& Langley and Whitchurch United. Hamworthy
United and V.T.F.C. joined the new Division
1.

A new code is used in the first top flight
table, with (I) = moved to the Isthmian League.
The names of sides relegated in 2005 are shown in italics, with those of the teams promoted appearing in bold type.

2004-2005

Division 1

1. Lymington & New Milton (I)
42 31
6 5 123 41
99

2. Winchester City 42
31 4 7 134
38 97

3. Thatcham Town 42
24 13 5 95
51 85

4. Gosport Borough 42
25 9 8 75
49 84

5. Andover 42
24 8 10 100 67
80

6. AFC Newbury 42
23 8 11 80
45 77

7. Wimborne Town 42
20 12 10 82 53
72

8. AFC Totton 42
19 10 13 69 59
67

9. B.A.T. Sports 42
17 12 13 63 60
63

10. Moneyfields 42
14 14 14 62 57
56

11. Bournemouth 42
16 8 18 54
65 56

12. V.T.F.C. 42
16 7 19 69
80 55

13. Cowes Sports
42 16 6 20
70 69 54

14. Bemerton Heath Harlequins 42
15 6 21 64
72 51

15. Hamworthy United 42
14 9 19 51
72 51

16. Fareham Town (-2)
42 13 9 20
50 63 46

17. Christchurch 42
12 8 22 64
80 44

18. Brockenhurst 42
12 5 25 52
79 41

19. Alton Town 42
9 10 23 50
90 37

20. Portland United 42
8 6 28 35
104 30

21. Hamble A.S.S.C. 42
6 7 29 36
121 25

22. Downton 42
7 3 32 50
113 24

(924 372 180 372 1528 1528 1294)

Division 2

1. Lymington Town 42
35 3 4 121
28 108

2. Poole Town 42
33 4 5 123
29 103

3. Locks Heath 42
24 10 8 80
44 82

4. Romsey Town 42
23 8 11 84
55 77

5. Petersfield Town 42
21 10 11 77 49
73

6. Liss Athletic 42
21 8 13 106 77
71

7. Blackfield & Langley 42
20 9 13 90
62 69

8. Stockbridge 42
19 9 14 91
71 66

9. Horndean 42
18 12 12 85 76
66

10. Alresford Town 42
20 4 18 85
74 64

11. Ringwood Town 42
20 3 19 89
84 63

12. Whitchurch United 42
17 5 20 72
77 56

13. Shaftesbury 42
15 9 18 65
85 54

14. Hythe & Dibden 42
15 7 20 75
105 52

15. Amesbury Town 42
14 7 21 76
99 49

16. Brading Town 42
13 8 21 75
84 47

17. East Cowes Victoria Athletic
42 12 9
21 71 85 45

18. Andover New Street 42
12 6 24 45
100 42

19. United Services Portsmouth 42
9 6 27 58
103 33

20. Bishops Waltham Town 42
7 12 23 46
104 33

21. Fawley 42
9 4 29 54
111 31

22. AFC Aldermaston 42 7 3 32
50 116 24

(924 384 156 384 1718 1718 1308)

Division 3

1. Colden Common 38
28 4 6 123
39 88

2. Hayling United 38
26 8 4 104
30 86

3. Farnborough North End 38 26 7 5 111
38 85

4. Fleetlands 38
23 6 9 115
42 75

5. Paulsgrove 38
22 7 9 93
46 73

6. Otterbourne 38
23 3 12 88
36 72

7. Overton United
38 22 6 10
88 52 72

8. Tadley Calleva (-1)
38 21 7 10
84 43 69

9. Micheldever 38
18 11 9 82
49 65

10. Clanfield
38 16 12 10 72 70
60

11. Laverstock & Ford 38
14 10 14 73 59
52

12. Netley Central Sports 38
13 7 18 71
66 46

13. Ordnance Survey 38
11 9 18 44
55 42

14. AFC Portchester 38
11 6 21 65
83 39

15. Hamble Club 38
9 11 18 51
86 38

16. Verwood Town 38
8 6 24 54
95 30

17. Fleet Spurs 38
6 11 21 59
98 29

18. Ludgershall Sports (L) 38
7 3 28 48
118 24

19. Q.K. Southampton 38
4 4 30 41
178 16

20. Yateley Green (L)
38 2 2 34
30 213 8

(760 310 140 310 1496 1496 1069)

Two clubs resigned during the season and
their records were deleted. Dave Coleman
quit after 7 games, while R.S. Basingstoke
completed 21 games before their departurs.

The period 2005-2008 was one of considerable
change in the Wessex League. For the first
of the three seasons, the competition had
three sections – Divisions 1, 2 and
3. The names of the sections were changed
for the 2006-2007 campaign when there was
a Premier Division and Divisions 1 and 2.
For the last of the trio, the Wessex League
operated with just two sections – the
Premier Division and Division 1. The 2-section format has remained in place
since.

All the tables have balance and the originals,
from which those shown have been developed,
were provided by Ronald Price. Thanks, Ron.